AUSTRALIAN.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3805, 9 March 1881, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Sydney, This day. Nearly one hundred xsieu or the Per-

manent Artillery Force here hare volun

teered to proceed for service against the j Boers. Exhibition! Awards. Melbotjbne, This day. Further Exhibition awards. to New Zealand exhibitors : —Second order of merit—Mosgiel Woollen Factory, for tweeds; William Harris. Christchurch, for boots and shoos; Liglitband, Allan and Co., Christchurch, for boots and shoes; W.. Nicholls. and Son, Christchurch, for boots and shoes ; Alexander Dunbar, Christchurch, for saddles. Third order of merit—John D. Enys, F.G.S., Canterbury, for catalogue of New Zealand butterflies; Proprietors of the Times, Christchurch, for specimens of lithography ; J. A. Packer, Nelson, for artificial leg. Honorable Mention —W. Moor and Sons, ! Christchurch, for brougham.

Melboubne, Tuesday Evening. The following additional Exhibition awards are published : —First order of ' merit; ..Professor Yon Haast, Christ- i church, for ethnological collection; Dr Hector, for geological specimens; Bank of New Zealand, for gold specimens; Brunner Coal Company, Heath Coai Company (Greymoulh), Kaitangata Coal Company, and Westport Colliery for Coal ; Wilson, for sulphur. Second order of merit: Bay of Islands Coal Company, for coal. Third order of merit: J. K-. Hackett, Nelson, for chrome ores ; Ingram and White, Oxford West (Canterbury), for chalk; Johnston Bros., Nelson, for ores; J. Macfarlane, Jackson's Bay, for copper ore. Fourth order of merit: Carl J. Peter, Wellington, for "table of New Zealand woods, J. A. Mcllwraith, Home Bush, Malvern Hills, Canterbury, for fire clay; Uoding River Copper Company, Nelson, for copper and chrome ores ; Colonial Museum, Wellington, for ores. Fifth order of merit: Edwards and Greeny, Wellington, for printing. Last night.

The following further awards lo New Zealand exhibitors are announced:— Second order of merit: Waddell and MeLeod, Wellington, for hall doors. Third order of merit: George Fleming, Nelson, for tables inlaid wilh .New Zealand woods Fourth order of merit: Alex. Simpson, Waiuku, Southland, for bag-pipes of native material: F. W. Swine, Mauugatapu Nelson, for chrome iron ores. Fifth order of merit: Thomas Condliffe, Malvern Hills, Canterbury, for terra cotta work. Sydney, Tuesday. The cricket match between the Australians and combined team will be concluded to-day.

The cricket match between the Australian team and the Combined Eleven of New South Wales and Victoria was resumed today. The Australians were all disposed of for 85 in their second innings. Murdoch was not out for 31, and McDonnell was caught at 18; they were top scorers. The Combined team thus won the match by 246 runs. A severe hailstorm fell during the adjournment for luncheon, and rendered the ground very dead. The Executive have decided that the sentence of death passed upon William Brown, a farmer in the Manning Hiver District, for criminally assaulting his daughter, 12 years of age, shali be carried out. Sailed : The s.s. Hero for Auckland.